Church and State

ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL
Appoints kings1Sa 10:1
Directs administration1Sa 15:1–4
Reproves rulers1Sa 15:14–35
Withdraws support and anoints a successor1Sa 16:1–13 2Ki 9:1–26 2Ki 11:4–12
Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved1Sa 13:8–14 2Ch 26:16–21
STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION
David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of religious services1Ch 23 1Ch 24 1Ch 25 2Ch 35:4
Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's office1Ki 2:26 1Ki 2:27
Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication, intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the benediction, etc1Ki 5:8
Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service2Ch 31:2–19
Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion1Ki 12:26–33
Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion2Ch 33:2–9 2Ch 33:15–17
Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple2Ki 12:4–18
Ahaz, in transforming the altars2Ki 16:10–16
Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple2Ch 34:29–33
STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION
Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem2Ch 36:22 2Ch 36:23 Ezr 1:1–11
Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the templeEzr 6:1–14
Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxesEzr 7:24

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